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NFL Offseason Thread - Who cares who won we got a draft to prepare for!

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jbug617

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Harbs speaking at KU.

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squicken

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Smokescreens

Let the Games Begin

B/R Warning--Former Scouting Director Greg Gabriel

One year, we had pretty much made up our minds on the player we wanted in the first round by January. In February, I made a visit to the school this player was attending to talk to the player and his coaches.

In an attempt to not let anyone link that player to us, we didn't interview the player at that year's combine, nor did we send a coach to work him out at his pro day. When we brought in other players at the same position for a pre-draft visit we let the local media know who those players were.


In the last two weeks leading up to the draft many in the media felt that it was a lock we were going to take a high-profile player we brought in for a visit. On draft day that year, a team behind us traded up to get in front of us before selecting the same player linked to us by media analysts. We just quietly smiled as a different player—the one we had for months actually wanted—was still there when we made the pick.

Last year there was a very similar scenario. Buffalo had a huge need for a quarterback. Everyone in the league tied Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib to the Bills because of his association with Buffalo's new head coach Doug Marrone, the quarterback's head coach at Syracuse the previous year.

Buffalo did nothing to dispel that thought by praising Nassib every chance they got. In perhaps the biggest surprise of the first round last year, Buffalo selected Florida State quarterback EJ Manuel. Nassib went in the fourth round to the New York Giants.
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Really interesting if sort of known on not to trust 99% of what is out there
 
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Futurevoid

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Bears update:

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 5m
Bears agreed to terms with DT Jay Ratliff on a two-year contract.
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Also:

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 14m
Talked about Jairus Byrd on Total Access: #Browns are interested. Bills still in play. Doubt Eagles are. What about Jets? Same system.
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Rapoport disclaimer.
 
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JABEE

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Why wouldn't the Eagles be interested? I hope the Eagles aren't afraid to pay for FAs now. The Eagles would be stupid to not pay Byrd for that reason.
 
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hipsterpants

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Hope the Rams play the smart move and just get who they want at #2 rather than hoping all these smokescreens are actually smokescreens.

Also cya Finnegan, you were pretty cool that one time you made the Redskins penalize themselves out of game-winning field goal range but that's about it.
 
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squicken said:
Smokescreens

Let the Games Begin

B/R Warning--Former Scouting Director Greg Gabriel



Really interesting if sort of known on not to trust 99% of what is out there
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Buffalo was a in a strange situation last year, media fell all over themselves linking the two, Bills didn't have to do much, just keep quiet and let the media do much of the work for you, it was a unique situation. However, a week before the draft or so EJ comes out and says the Bills and Jets were the most interested parties. A few days later the Bills held their pre draft media session, Buddy Nix proceeded to trash EJ. Zero positives, all negatives, I was relieved.....hahahaha
 
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LJ11 said:
Buffalo was a in a strange situation last year, media fell all over themselves linking the two, Bills didn't have to do much, just keep quiet and let the media do much of the work for you, it was a unique situation. However, a week before the draft or so EJ comes out and says the Bills and Jets were the most interested parties. A few days later the Bills held their pre draft media session, Buddy Nix proceeded to trash EJ. Zero positives, all negatives, I was relieved.....hahahaha
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Same way everyone links Bortles to O Brien because of the UCF connection
 
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